Yes, though I'd say the map isn't particularly accurate. There's not many roads in the area and as long as you turn south before Tounfite and head for Imilchil you should be OK. Awesome road!

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@tfouto: Some pictures from that part in this June

In the valley


Before Timicha pass


Near Anefgou

Great report!

Enviado desde mi JY-G3 mediante Tapatalk

We traveled in Feb/March 2014 in a Defender 110.

MA1 - Tiserkine Gorge was lovely. It was tricky to find the track out of Afella along the oued at km 52. Just very faint tracks in the oued and we kept losing it. Just go on direction. Some road building going on in the area around the engravings. We planned to go south on MA1 and then back north on MA2 turning at km 89. As it turned out MA1 would have been a much better place to camp due to road building on MA2 (see below).

MA2- We started at km 17 having come down MA1. We had hoped to camp around km 26 as per Chris's suggestion but there is a big new road passing through the valley. It is up high and even if you can get off the road to the argan trees you would be completely visible. The road goes past Igmir and climbs up out of the valley.

MA3- The piste off the main road at the start is now tar and this continues for the first 8-10 km. This makes the directions at the start of the route a little redundant - no more crossing in and out of oueds etc. Tagahirt seems to now be a lot bigger. We also couldn't find the turn to the engravings.

There is a lot of work going on on the R109 they are building three big new bridges.

The track through the gorge is the bed of the oued. I don't know if the stones have compacted with use but it was a good and fairly smooth driving surface. We were also expecting the track to be a lot narrower than it was. We passed a few small trucks coming the other way. The climb out is indeed steep! Once up on the plateau there is a big wide new road with the odd quarrying truck barreling by at 80kmph.

The steep loose descent into Aouklid is also no longer. Actually I think it is still there as a turn off from the road but there is a brand new wide graded road which switchbacks down the other side of the drop. It is still a stunning descent. I have a great little video if I can ever work out how to post it.

When you approach Tamegroute the road to the left is a kind of bypass around the village. Right if you want to visit the shop.

We took a wrong turn after Afella. There was a sign right to Tafroute which we took which took us back via Ait Mansour.

MA4 - a nice drive but if you are doing in reverse remember to carry on along the N12 until the waypoint Chris gives. If you take the earlier turn to Taghhjit you can't get through.

MA5 - we started from Tafraoute. At km 30 don't bother turning SE onto the piste. it is now just 100m of very rough track that joins the new tar road. The tar doesn't last long and the road down through the gorge was lovely. We camped at Amtoudi along with half the population of France, and "enjoyed"an evening of accordion playing and dog howling. There is a very nice place to stay at the other end of town which I wish we'd found. You can also eat there if you give some notice.

Herewith a quick review on MH10 (Alnif Dades) and MH1 (Dades Imilchil), ridden in one day, April this year.

Loaded bikes(tyres) were: Africa Twin (TKC80), Multistrada (TKC80) and R1200GSA (E07).

MH10 - Alnif-Dades, reverse order as featured on Morocco Overland
Overall an easy piste, gravel all the way until Iknioun. No sand at all, some loose gravel requiring a bit of attention when you go through Oued Tazlaft dry bed.
Nice rocky formations as landscape.
From navigation the crucial points are:
- N31 8 0.72 W5 26 25.98, km81 from Morocco Overland route, where you should turn North to avoid the MH5 part
- N31 10 41.3 W5 25 23.3, not featured in Morocco Overland. Here the direction to take is North, the GPS is pointing to W so can be misleading
Duration 3h30m including two relaxing stops. Then tagine in Dadés for lunch.
Pictures can be found here https://www.flickr.com/photos/148874...57675345912122



MH1 – Dades Imilchil, reverse order and second half of MH1 as featured on Morocco Overland
Most of it is sealed.
Gravel can be divided in two parts:
- going up to Tizi n Ouano, 2900m, the progress is slow on the sequence of hairpins. But the landscape is worth it!
- after descending the piste is flatter, easier and faster until Agoudal. Oncoming traffic were big groups of 4x4.
No troubles with navigation, in some villages just roughly follow your GPS bearing and you’ll find your way.
Duration was 5h30m with several stops. Then tagine (again?!) for dinner at Malika’s, near Lac Tislite.
Pictures can be found here https://www.flickr.com/photos/148874...57676976823835



MS6 we did in Nov2011, reported in the HUBB here http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...9-2#post356122


Regards and all the Best,
Luís

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As above....

MS5; still about 40kms either graded or stony/sandy, a few diverts off road.

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What is the conditions piste MA2, for motorbike with road tires?

It had been raining since before Imilchil the previous day. Already I had been through more than 50 fords (often the same river weaving around), but this was a real biggy coming down the Todra Gorge.

I got my trusty stove out and made a cup of soup whilst watching the water level which was still rising, not falling. So a strategic retreat to Tamtatouchte. But several hours later it's still raining, so not good news.

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Wow, didn't realise it raining out there at the moment. Hope it dries up Tim

same in Foum Zguid - we are presently stuck here - road to Tata N12 was flooded and understood same was the one to Zagora N12 - here is keep raining so not sure situation will be better tomorrow..will post an update if I will be able

Go easy dudes, THat picture makes me laugh. It's funny how your perceptions of a country are so far from the reality.

Where is the !!!

Got out finally late afternoon after spending six hours covering the 20km? from Tamtatouchte to Tinerhir. The problem was, after the waters had dropped a bit the road surfaces still covered by flood water had to be cleared of underwater boulders, and mud in some places was 250mm thick. One of the fords had been partly swept away, and another ford almost completely destroyed, so had to wait for the diggers to fill the gap with stones.

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There has been extensive heavy rainfall across Southern Morocco over the weekend with flooding and road closures. Rainfall was from Merzouga west at least to Ouarzarzate. The road from Zagora to Ouarzarzate was closed on Sunday and at times the road between Tinerhir and Ouarzarzate was impassable. The rains appear to have eased and north of the Atlas seems ok certainly the Tiz N Titchka was fine but watch out for gravel and debris from the flood water.

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The piste to the old mine in Aouli has been severely damaged by the recent floods. Still passable by moto and 4x4 but another period of heavy rain may finish it off. As it's not a major route it's unlikely to be a priority for a proper repair.

Coming through TangerMed was much easier last week - didn't even have t
O get out of the car with passports and D16 processed at the same booth. Done and dusted in 15 mins from getting off the boat. Unfortunately folks on their first visit to Morocco had to wait for 90 minutes while the police in the passport composting booth had their lunch. Plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose...

Now in Zagora. 38C and sunny but could be cloudy, rainy, windy tomorrow.
Happy trails,

Peter

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Hi, I was wondering what the weather is like in general in October in the mountains. We are going to be there from Oct 17 to Oct 26, doing a round trip from Marrakech, roughly MA6, MA7, MS8, MS6, MS12, MH14 and MH12.

I am not sure what clothes to take. The options are offroad mesh trousers + body armour and cross shirt (plus rain jacket) or Klim Traverse suit (light offorad goretex suit) with body armour. Is the mesh/shirt/rain jacket combo going to be too cold for the mountains (we will go up to around 2000 m I think) or the suit too hot for the desert?